Effectiveness of Self-Efficacy Training on Social Relationships in Runaway Girls: A Single-Subject Research

The present study aims to investigate the effect of self-efficacy training on runaway girls improvement of social relations in Isfahan city. The participants of this study were two runaway girls who residing in Isfehan Behzisti Center and recognized to have social relation disorders. An evidence-base methodology was used to measure positive social behaviors which gave to shift trainers checklists. The trainers observed and recorded these in the form of behaviors. A single-subject method with A-B design methodology research used as well. The intervention started right after the baseline condition and 12 individual sessions of self-efficacy training given to them afterwards. Also, they were given follow up tests after 2 successive weeks of training. The results of the data analysis based on descriptive statistic's and visual analysis indices revealed that the intervention has been effective on the two participants (100% of PND for both participants). The results of the present study were compatible with those of previously conducted ones indicating that the positive social relations of individuals improve along with the increase in their self-efficacy. As a result, self-efficacy training in this study increased the positive social relations of under study runaway girls.